Fiber or paper fork



Aug. l1, 1931. A. BOTHE FIBER OH PAPER FORK Filed April 3, 1928 PatentedAug. 11, 1931 'FFICE .ANDREAS BOTHE, OF GRELAND, PENNSYLVANIA FIBER 0RPAPER Fon-K Application filed April 3, 1928.

This principal object of the present invention is to provide a sheetfiber or paper fork, of the general type commonly employed for eatingoysters but also useful for other things, which shall be stiff andstrong and at the same time present an attractive appearance.

To this and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention, generallystates, is embodied in a fork made, or more accurately pressed orstamped, of so-called sheet fiber or paper and having in the face of itshead a concavity and having in the face of its handle a centrallydisposed valley extending from near its end into the concavity andexceeding the latter in depth, and having a marginal fiat fin portionprojecting around the valley and at the end of the handle, and havingdepressions in the central face portions of its tines eX- tending fromthe points to the shanks thereof and exceeding in depth the depth of theconcavity.

rIhe invention also comprises the improvements to be presently describedand finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanyingdrawings forining part hereof and in which Figure l is a perspectiveview of the face of a fork embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a. top or plan view of the back of the fork, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig; l and drawn toan enlarged scale.

In the drawings the head of the fork is provided with a concavity lresemblingk a portion of the bowl of a spoon. In the face of the handlethere is a centrally disposed valley 2 extending from near its end intothe concavity l and exceeding the latter in depth. There is a marginalflat lin portion 3 projecting around the valley 2 and at the end portionof the handle. In the faces of the tines there are centrally disposeddepressions 4 eX- tending from the points to the Shanks of the tines andthey exceed in depth the concavity of the head. Viewed from the side,the back of the valley 2 defines a straight line. The

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head portion is shaped generally like the bowl of a blunt spoon notchedto provide the tines. i

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates that modiiications may be made in details of construction andarrangement and matters of mere form without departing from the spiritof he invention which isl not limited to such matters or otherwise thanthe prior art and the appended claim may require.

I claim:

A fork constructed of fibrous material having a tine supporting head ofarch form transversely and longitudinally and whereof the face of thehandle and the faces of the tines are channeled, the channel of thehandle stopping short of the tine channels for the purpose and with theresult of defining an intermediate intact arch, whereby the article isaorded the necessary resilience to return to its original shape afterapplied twist or like stress and the necessary strength to resistcollapse even when wetted to the point of saturation.

ANDREAS BOTHE'.

